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  • Two Injured in Fire on Shell Enchilada Platform

    9 November 2017
    Business & Finance

    Two people were injured in a fire that erupted on Shell Enchilada oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico, Wednesday, November 8, the United States Coast Guard (USCG) informed. A 54-year-old male suffered from flash burns and a concussion, and a 29-year-old male suffered from a sprained wrist and a concussion. Shell launched an emergency helicopter and medevaced both people and […]

  • Maersk’s Containership Suffers Engine Room Fire

    2 November 2016
    Business & Finance

    The engine room of the 1998-built containership Maersk Patras caught fire in the early morning hours of November 1 while the vessel was off the coast of Las Palmas, en route to Conakry, Danish shipping firm Maersk Line confirmed. “The fire was quickly controlled by the crew onboard and heat development from the site of the fire […]

  • Three Passengers Die in Philippine Ferry Fire

    28 August 2019

    The fire is believed to have started in the ship’s engine room.

  • Fire Engulfs Cargo Ship off Japan

    9 November 2015

    A fire broke out on Sunday, November 8th aboard a Belize-flagged general cargo ship identified as Soya Maru while sailing some 2 nautical miles west off Matsuyama, Japan. The Japanese Coast Guard dispatched at least three firefighting vessels to the scene to help extinguish the fire that had broken out in the ship’s engine room before […]

  • Maersk’s Boxship Catches Fire off Mauritius

    28 April 2015
    Business & Finance

    The 8,700 TEU container ship Maersk Londrina caught fire while en route from Malaysia to Brasil on April 25, forcing the vessel to divert to Mauritius, Maersk’s Senior Press Officer Michael Christian Storgaard confirmed to World Maritime News. The 2012-built boxship was en route from Tanjung Pelepas to Santos when the fire was discovered in one […]

  • Wood Group fined in deadly offshore platform fire case

    24 February 2017

    The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Thursday ordered Wood Group PSN, a Houston-based division of an oil and gas services company Wood Group, to pay $9.5 million in two separate cases involving its conduct in the Gulf of Mexico. Specifically, Wood Group PSN was ordered to pay $7 million for falsely reporting over several years […]

  • Fire breaks out on Eni’s Goliat FPSO

    13 April 2018
    Infrastructure

    A fire broke out on board Eni-operated Goliat FPSO early on Friday, forcing the Italian oil company to halt production from the Barents Sea field. 

  • Petrobras awards DOF with two new contracts worth over $275M

    12 August 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Norwegian vessel owner DOF Group has secured two new long-term contracts with Brazil’s state-owned energy giant Petrobras that have a combined value of more than $275 million. Skandi Carla and Geoholm have been contracted on four-year charters with Petrobras as remotely operated vehicle (ROV) support vessels, both expected to begin their contracts in December. The […]

  • TEAMER expands technical support with subsea firm

    16 July 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Vision

    Texas-based 3U TECHNOLOGIES has been added to the U.S. Testing Expertise and Access for Marine Energy Research (TEAMER) facility network. According to TEAMER, the company name refers to “Underground Underwater Under-Ice,” reflecting its capability to support a wide range of subsea numerical modelling and analysis needs for TEAMER-supported marine energy projects. 3U’s engineers are said […]

  • Five Dead, One Injured in Fire at ASL Marine’s Batam Yard

    11 September 2017
    Business & Finance

    Five people died and one person was injured in a fire which broke out at ASL Marine Holdings’ shipyard in Batam, Indonesia. The incident, which occurred on September 7, 2017, happened on board a tanker that was being repaired at one of the company’s dry docks. Initial investigations suggest that the fire started inside and […]

  • Car Carrier Catches Fire in English Channel

    24 February 2017
    Business & Finance

    The US-flagged car carrier Honor caught fire in the English Channel in the early hours of Friday, February 24, whilst it was en route to Baltimore from Southampton, the UK Coast Guard reports. The vessel’s fixed firefighting systems were used to attack the fire and the cargo space has been sealed. The ship’s crew continue to […]

  • Avance’s Fire-Stricken Newbuild to Be Delivered in November

    10 October 2014
    Business & Finance

    The fire-stricken hull 1074 under construction at Jiangnan Shipyard in China is scheduled for delivery in November 2014, Norway-based gas shipping company Avance Gas Holding Ltd said in unaudited results for the third fiscal quarter ended on 31 August, 2014. This corresponds to a 30-day delay as a result of the fire reported on 9 April […]

  • Pemex Oil Tanker on Fire in Gulf of Mexico

    26 September 2016
    Business & Finance

    The 2005-built oil tanker Burgos ignited on Saturday while it was in the Gulf of Mexico, according to the ship’s operator, the Mexican state-owned petroleum company Mexican Petroleums (Pemex). The fire occurred while the vessel, which was loaded with more than 160 thousand barrels of gasoline and diesel fuel, was anchored off the coast of Boca del Rio, Veracruz. Pemex said that the […]

  • Probe launched after fire at Indonesian shipyard takes five lives

    12 September 2017

    An investigation has been launched after a fire at a shipyard in Indonesia took the lives of five workers and left one worker injured.  ASL Marine Holdings, a Singapore-based integrated marine company with a focus on shipbuilding and repair, informed on Saturday, September 9 that an incident involving a fire had taken place at its […]

  • Interferry Imparts Fire Safety Guidence for ROROs

    11 March 2016

     Interferry, a shipping association representing the ferry industry, has developed an operational guidance for fire safety on ro-ro vehicle decks in response to serious fire incidents.  Aiming at enhancing fire prevention, detection and suppression, measures highlight the need for continuous monitoring, rapid response and optimum efficiency of deluge drencher systems. At least 7 fire accidents […]

  • Fire Breaks Out on Board Fred.Olsen’s Boudicca

    26 January 2015
    Business & Finance

    A fire broke out in the engine room on board Fred.Olsen’s cruise ship Boudicca at around 4am on Sunday 25th January 2015, while the cruise ship was sailing off the coast of Casablanca, Morocco, Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines confirmed. The ship is now proceeding towards the Canary Islands, at a slower speed than planned. BBC […]

  • Livestock Carrier Catches Fire off Crete

    2 August 2015
    Business & Finance

    A livestock carrier caught fire on August 1 off the Greek island of Crete while en route from Lebanon to Alexandria, Egypt, according to local media. The 1972-built Nabolsi I is currently situated off Crete’s southern coast, near the town of Lerapetra. Hellenic Coast Guard has dispatched one patrol ship to fight the flames. Two NATO […]

  • Report: Fire Erupts at SHI Geoje Yard

    17 May 2017

    A fire erupted at Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) shipyard in Geoje, South Korea, on May 17, Yonhap News Agency reports. The fire was brought under control and there were no casualties, Yonhap cited firefighters as saying. The blaze reportedly started in air condition equipment at the shipyard at around 10:00 a.m. local time. As informed, […]

  • Oil platform off Texas catches fire

    8 March 2018

    The U.S. Coast Guard on Wednesday responded to a report of an oil platform fire approximately three miles offshore of Corpus Christi.

  • Malaysia: Petronas Gas Plant Catches Fire

    11 May 2012

    PETRONAS Gas Berhad (PGB) announced that a fire incident had occurred yesterday at a gas processing plant (GPP) within its GPP Complex A in Kerteh, Terengganu. The fire was brought under control by the Complex’s Emergency Response Team at 1530 hrs. The incident happened at GPP 3 which is under planned maintenance shutdown. There is […]

  • Matola Terminal Fire Claims Fifteen Victims

    18 December 2015
    Business & Finance

    An explosion and a fire which took place on Sunday at the Stema grain terminal in Matola, part of the Maputo port complex in Mozambique, have claimed fifteen victims, local media informed. According to the report, the cause of the incident is still under investigation, however it is believed that the explosion was caused by illegal activities, including […]

  • NGO: Gadani Shipbreaking Yard Hit by Fire

    8 November 2017
    Business & Finance

    Pakistan’s Gadani shipbreaking yard has been hit with another fire, according to NGO Shipbreaking Platform. Another accident in Pakistan. Big fire ongoing at Gadani #shipbreaking yards. pic.twitter.com/f9fyD4cAJY — ShipbreakingPlatform (@NGOShipbreaking) November 8, 2017 Local media indicated that the fire started at the yard’s plot number 54. It is understood that the incident occurred on November 7. The […]

  • Fire breaks out at Samsung Heavy’s shipyard

    17 May 2017

    A fire reportedly broke out on Wednesday at Samsung Heavy’s shipyard in Geoje, South Korea. According to a Wednesday report by Yonhap, a South Korean news agency, the blaze started from a cooling installation at 10:07 a.m. and was extinguished around 10:30 a.m. No casualties were reported. The news agency further reported that the Ministry of Employment […]

  • Fire breaks out on drillship in Sri Lanka

    17 February 2022
    Exploration & Production, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, Safety, Vessels

    A drillship owned by Aquadrill, formerly known as Seadrill Partners, has caught fire while docked at a port in Sri Lanka.

  • Fire Island Inlet Dredging Contract for GLDD

    12 September 2018
    Business & Finance

    Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company (GLDD), a dredging contractor from Oak Brook, Illinois, has won a $26.2 million contract for maintenance dredging of Fire Island Inlet and Shores Westerly to Jones Inlet. Bids were solicited via the internet with three received, reports the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). “Work will be performed in Copiague, New York, […]